This article presents the results of studies which served as a basis for a Commission programme of further integration in services. It first discusses the estimations of the economic impact of the Services Directive contained in a Commission study (2012) and assessments of actual implementation of this directive into the law of the Member States. The author considers effectiveness issues of EU actions towards a better functioning of the internal market in services. (original abstract)

Komisja Europejska, Commission Staff Working Paper: On the process of mutual evaluation of the Services Directive, Accompanying document to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Towards a better functioning Single Market for services - building on the results of the mutual evaluation process of the Services Directive, 27.1.2011, SEC(2011) 102 final.